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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1416004, member: 4781&quot;]Is a painted Silver Eagle still legal tender ?&nbsp;&nbsp; What about a gold-plated state quarter - every square millimeter of its surface has been changed - is it still legal tender ?&nbsp;&nbsp; What about a &quot;Hobo&quot; nickel that was extensively re-carved, but still says &quot;United States of America&quot; and &quot;Five Cents&quot; on it ?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How about a 1944-D cent that was altered to look like a &quot;1914-D&quot; cent - is it still legal tender ?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;letter of the law&quot;, as written in 18 USC 33, does appear to apply only to debt notes, not coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note,</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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